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posted: 7/13/2007 at 8:26 PM |
Quote from clhagan on 7/13/2007 at 8:13 PM:Yes, thanks! And as for the wasp story, I can relate. I once wiped out on my Rollerblades trying to bat away a sweatbee. Yeah, just one bee. 
At least you had a good excuse for wiping-out...I would wipe out for absolutely no reason. Running is a much better sport for me--it requires a lot less coordination!
BTW, BIG congrats on your nuptials! I hope your day was wonderful. Where did you honeymoon?
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posted: 7/13/2007 at 8:42 PM |
Hmmm...anyone ever used this? Seems that might be as useful as pepper spray in many cases, and less likely to be something an assailant could use against us.
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posted: 7/17/2007 at 10:57 PM |
Quote from Sockoni on 7/13/2007 at 5:33 PM:I think I'm going to have to start carrying wasp/hornet spray!  As I was going down this dirt road today, a bunch of ginormous wasps? swarmed around me as I passed through them. It seems every time I go through, there are more and more of them! I turned around after I was through them (batting my arms in all directions like a crazy person) to see if I could tell where they came from, and saw a bunch just sitting on the roadway. So, when you go through, they zoom right up and swarm around you. Luckily, they don't follow, but definately scary!
Well, I believe we've figured out what the mystery insects are that have made me alter my running route (grumble grumble)!! Cicada killer wasps! My husband had a bunch of the things swarming around his parking lot at work today and brought a dead one home. If indeed that's what they are, then my assumptions were right when I told him I thought they were either a)an insect that had markings like a wasp for predator protection, but had no stinging abilities at all and was a totally different insect, or b)was a wasp and wasn't aggressive because of all the times I've run through them, sometimes batting my arms, I would have been stung by now! (ding ding...choice B is right) AND I noticed the "horseflies" (or so I thought LOL) had been getting more numerous every time I went through. Turns out the males are probably what I've been encountering (on the road, swarming up to me when I go by) and as the article states, they come out mide June to mid September. Looks like prime time for the buggers! Good to know that they are pretty harmless (males don't have stingers), but I am still NOT going through them; it'd be my luck to bump into a lost female who mistakes me for a large cicada! 
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posted: 7/17/2007 at 11:07 PM |
if i can carry any weapon, I'll carry these...ninjas swear by them..
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posted: 7/17/2007 at 11:30 PM |
Quote from RunNSurf on 7/17/2007 at 11:07 PM:if i can carry any weapon, I'll carry these...ninjas swear by them..
I actually took a can of wasp spray!! Ha!!!! Couldn't find a nest (as I now know they burrow underground in tunnels) so I just left. 
Heh. You KNOW you have a problem when you drive to property that isn't even yours, you have no idea if it's private or not, armed with a can of wasp spray, trying to find a way to eliminate the things so you can continue to run the route that you love... undisturbed.
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posted: 7/17/2007 at 11:38 PM
modified: 7/17/2007 at 11:39 PM |
Quote from RunNSurf on 7/17/2007 at 11:07 PM:if i can carry any weapon, I'll carry these...ninjas swear by them..
My son loves these and has become quite expert in sticking them into a wooden target we made. Unfortunately, he broke his last one when he missed and it bounced off the driveway. Thanks for reminding me to get him some more.
MTA - I agree - my son is a ninja in training, and he swears by them. |
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posted: 7/18/2007 at 8:43 PM |
I would injure myself just trying to hold onto that. I am not a ninja.
I was in Yellowstone last week and I did see a guy carrying bear pepper spray with him on a morning run! I should have had some. . . I have never clapped for so long as on some long backcountry hikes! It was not a little thing of pepper spray either, it was huge. It wasn't unreasonable, but just something I wouldn't have thought about had I gone running. |
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posted: 7/18/2007 at 9:10 PM |
My view is, you're running. That means whoever's attacking you is gonna hafta catch up. Think of it as a race, with someone right on your tail. My bet's they'll get tired and give up before you do.
But that's probably a bad safety net. |
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posted: 7/18/2007 at 9:50 PM
modified: 7/18/2007 at 9:50 PM |
| Quote from scali runs on 7/18/2007 at 9:10 PM: My view is, you're running. That means whoever's attacking you is gonna hafta catch up. Think of it as a race, with someone right on your tail. My bet's they'll get tired and give up before you do.
I used to think that if they couldn't catch me in the first 200m, they weren't going to catch me at all. That was true 15~20 years ago when I was fast, but I'm older, slower, and I strain my hamstrings when I imagine running under 6:00/mile. |
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posted: 7/18/2007 at 10:18 PM |
| Quote from scali runs on 7/18/2007 at 9:10 PM: My view is, you're running. That means whoever's attacking you is gonna hafta catch up. Think of it as a race, with someone right on your tail. My bet's they'll get tired and give up before you do.
But that's probably a bad safety net.
Heh, yeah...but they aren't already tired if they're sitting low and waiting for me to pass and I'm slow.
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posted: 7/19/2007 at 1:42 AM |
Quote from Sockoni on 7/17/2007 at 10:57 PM:
Um, HOLY YUK!!!! 
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posted: 7/19/2007 at 1:43 AM |
Quote from zoom-zoom on 7/13/2007 at 8:26 PM:At least you had a good excuse for wiping-out...I would wipe out for absolutely no reason. Running is a much better sport for me--it requires a lot less coordination! BTW, BIG congrats on your nuptials! I hope your day was wonderful. Where did you honeymoon? k
Sorry I guess I missed this last week
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posted: 9/13/2007 at 6:52 PM
modified: 9/13/2007 at 6:52 PM |
| This is something I just found at Road Runner Sports. Strap's nice for around your hand or belt! |
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